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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 16, 2000
Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise congressional declarations of policy with respect to famine prevention and freedom from hunger in developing countries.(Sec. 2) Urges the United States, among other things, to: (1) generally engage the U.S. university community more extensively in the agricultural research, trade, and development initiatives undertaken outside the United States with the objectives of strengthening its capacity to carry out research, teaching, and extension activities for solving problems in food production, processing, marketing, and consumption in agriculturally underdeveloped nations, and transforming progress in global agricultural research and development (R&D) into economic growth, trade, and trade benefits for U.S. communities and industries and for the provident use of natural resources; and (2) ensure that all federally funded support to universities and their public and private partners relating to the goals of this Act is periodically reviewed for its performance.Includes Native American land- grant colleges within the definition of "universities".(Sec. 3) Authorizes the President to provide U.S. foreign assistance for long-term program support for U.S. university global agricultural and related environmental collaborative research and learning opportunities for students, teachers, extension specialists, researchers, and the general public. Urges the involvement of multilateral banks and U.S. and foreign nongovernmental organizations supporting extension and other productivity-enhancing programs in the international network of agricultural science in order to help agriculturally developing countries in international agricultural problem- solving efforts to prevent famine and hunger in such countries.Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to establish and carry out special programs involving eligible universities for Africa, Russia, the independent states of the former Soviet Union, ongoing programs for child survival, democratization, development of free enterprise, environmental and natural resource management, and other related programs, which depend upon and are integrally related to sound agriculture and rural development.(Sec. 4) Revises the duties of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development to include: (1) improving agricultural production, trade, and natural resource management in developing countries; and (2) with private organizations seeking to increase agricultural production and trade, natural resources management, and household food security in developing and transition countries.(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations.
People & committees
Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] · R–TX
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 106-373.
Became Public Law No: 106-373.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H9863-9865; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H9863-9865)
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.(consideration: CR H9863-9865; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H9863-9865)
Mr. Brady (TX) asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9867-9869; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9867-9869)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9867-9869; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9867-9869)
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9867-9869; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9867-9869)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 913.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6726-6728)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6726-6728)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4002.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6726-6730)
Mr. Bereuter moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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